English

Pronunciation
IPA|/'d�ɪɪ�/
audio|en-us-dying.ogg|Audio (US)

;Homophone
dyeing

Verb
dying

1. present participle of|die

Adjective
en-adj|-

1. about|About to die.

#:The dying dog was put out of his misery with a single shot.

1. decline|Declining, or drawing to an end.

#:In the dying moments of daylight I glimpsed a sail on the horizon.

1. Pertaining to the moments before death

#:His dying words were of his mother.

1. italbrac|stand-up comedy fail|Failing to evoke laughter from the audience.

Translations
trans-top|about to die
Finnish: kuoleva
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trans-top|declining, or drawing to an end
Finnish: viime, loppu-
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trans-top|pertaining to the moments before death
Finnish: viimeinen, kuolin-
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trans-top|failing to evoke laughter from the audience
Finnish: tylsä
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Noun
en-noun|s|-

1. context|plurale tantum Those who are currently expiring, moribund.

#:The battlefield was littered with the dead and dying.

1. The process of approaching death; or, less precisely, death itself.

Translations
trans-top|those who are currently expiring
Finnish: kuoleva|kuolevat p
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trans-top|process of approaching death
Finnish: kuoleminen
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Category:Death

it:dying
te:dying
vi:dying
zh:dying

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